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bigfatronssba

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  • Yesterday at 6:09 PM
  • #806
Let’s all try and find some common ground.

Are the A+ prices a joke? Yes

Do all fans have plenty of opportunities to see us play without paying the A+ prices? Yes

Is anyone missing out on seeing us play? No
 
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wingy

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  • Yesterday at 6:12 PM
  • #807
bigfatronssba said:
Let’s all try and find some common ground.

Are the A+ prices a joke? Yes

Do all fans have plenty of opportunities to see us play without paying the A+ prices? Yes

Is anyone missing out on seeing us play? No
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Well they are aren't they?
 

Evo1883

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  • Yesterday at 6:14 PM
  • #808
bigfatronssba said:
Let’s all try and find some common ground.

Are the A+ prices a joke? Yes

Do all fans have plenty of opportunities to see us play without paying the A+ prices? Yes

Is anyone missing out on seeing us play? No
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Id remove CAT A+ completely tbh
 
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wingy

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  • Yesterday at 6:17 PM
  • #809
Evo1883 said:
Id remove CAT A+ completely tbh
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You'd have to load it elsewhere though, how about corporate?
 
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robbiethemole

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  • Yesterday at 6:20 PM
  • #810
Not just Baggies having a dig, this from Blackburn's board :-

The irony also that the League and other clubs bent over backwards in recent years to accommodate Coventry's off the pitch issues including dragging teams and supporters all over the place to Northampton, Birmingham, Burton, etc. to play games all to make sure they could fulfil their fixtures and now they are settled down and stable are going about ripping off rival clubs fans like this.

Of course the EFL should intervene and take a hard line stance in the same way they should have been expelled from the League for not having a suitable stadium available but expect nothing to be done.

Absolutely ridiculous of course that there is a £30 cap in the PL yet nothing lower down the divisions.

I think they do have a point, fucking ludicrous to pay £35 for an U18
 
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COVKIDSNEVERQUIT

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  • Yesterday at 6:21 PM
  • #811
Yes prices are too high for the kids, but if we get to the Promised Land
 
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robbiethemole

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  • Yesterday at 6:22 PM
  • #812
COVKIDSNEVERQUIT said:
Yes prices are too high for the kids, but if we get to the Promised Land
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they won't be that much, only £30 for adults!!
 

Evo1883

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  • Yesterday at 6:23 PM
  • #813
robbiethemole said:
they won't be that much, only £30 for adults!!
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Not in the home end though
 

Irish Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 6:25 PM
  • #814
oakey said:
You are the one who raised the issue of this affecting us. You said, "we'd be paying".
I merely pointed out that it wouldn't affect most of us.
I genuinely feel for folk who struggle to afford tickets but I believe season tickets are the answer for most of us. For the rest it's supply and demand.
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Would you not agree that the idea of, ‘I’m not bothered about match day prices or what an away fan pays as it doesn’t affect me’ is a bit selfish? For those who can’t afford a season ticket, and there will be many in this city who can’t, is it okay to say that if they want to go to an occasional game with family but now can’t because of the extortionate prices, well that’s okay, it doesn’t affect me?

I‘m lucky enough that I can afford a season ticket. However, my son and granddaughter wouldn’t be able to have one if I didn’t pay for theirs. There are probably hundreds of people if not more in the city and surrounding areas that would love to go but simply can’t afford it.

You Say that as you don’t go to away games why should you bother about what people are charged. Presumably you enjoy the tribal atmosphere at matches. An awful lot of that is generated by having large partisan groups one supporting home the other away. It would be a shame if that aspect of match day started to fade because people can’t or won’t be fleeced.

if you did travel away you would know that the cost is not only for the ticket, it is for travel, parking food etc. It also involves long hours on the road. Like lots of others who do the same trips, I spend thousands of pounds on my obsession every year. It’s my choice, I choose to do it and I am lucky enough to have the time now to do it too. If you believe what successive managers and players say, the backing they recieve is a huge boost to them when they take to the field. If I was being asked to pay £45 plus for me every away game and £35 plus for my granddaughter then that would be the time when I would say enough is enough. I‘d Stay in the comfort of my home, watch it on the telly and avoid those late night motorway road closures. If enough felt like me and the atmosphere at games disappeared I think everyone, possibly you too, would be affected.
 
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wingy

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  • Yesterday at 6:26 PM
  • #815
robbiethemole said:
they won't be that much, only £30 for adults!!
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I think that's what he's suggesting here.
 

pusbccfc

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 6:26 PM
  • #816
robbiethemole said:
Not just Baggies having a dig, this from Blackburn's board :-

The irony also that the League and other clubs bent over backwards in recent years to accommodate Coventry's off the pitch issues including dragging teams and supporters all over the place to Northampton, Birmingham, Burton, etc. to play games all to make sure they could fulfil their fixtures and now they are settled down and stable are going about ripping off rival clubs fans like this.

Of course the EFL should intervene and take a hard line stance in the same way they should have been expelled from the League for not having a suitable stadium available but expect nothing to be done.

Absolutely ridiculous of course that there is a £30 cap in the PL yet nothing lower down the divisions.

I think they do have a point, fucking ludicrous to pay £35 for an U18
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I've seen others mentioning the ground share and it's totally irrelevant.
 
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COVKIDSNEVERQUIT

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 6:28 PM
  • #817
robbiethemole said:
they won't be that much, only £30 for adults!!
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Alright I forgot that they have a cap in the Premier League.
 

mmttww

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 6:29 PM
  • #818
Ccfcisparks said:
How am I trolling you fucking helmet.
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You jump from serious to trolling a fair bit. Hard to tell when you're on the wind up and when you're not.
 
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bigfatronssba

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  • Yesterday at 6:37 PM
  • #819
wingy said:
Well they are aren't they?
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Who?
 
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wingy

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  • Yesterday at 6:40 PM
  • #820
bigfatronssba said:
Who?
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Some missing out?
 

bigfatronssba

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  • Yesterday at 6:46 PM
  • #821
wingy said:
Some missing out?
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Someone visiting the area from far away, and that weekend is an A+ game that they can’t afford, then maybe they are.
However that scenario must be about 2 people
 

David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 6:46 PM
  • #822
robbiethemole said:
Not just Baggies having a dig, this from Blackburn's board :-

The irony also that the League and other clubs bent over backwards in recent years to accommodate Coventry's off the pitch issues including dragging teams and supporters all over the place to Northampton, Birmingham, Burton, etc. to play games all to make sure they could fulfil their fixtures and now they are settled down and stable are going about ripping off rival clubs fans like this.

Of course the EFL should intervene and take a hard line stance in the same way they should have been expelled from the League for not having a suitable stadium available but expect nothing to be done.

Absolutely ridiculous of course that there is a £30 cap in the PL yet nothing lower down the divisions.

I think they do have a point, fucking ludicrous to pay £35 for an U18
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Who cares what other fans say and especially not them. Be interesting what comes out when they finally go bust.
 
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SkyBluePower

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 6:46 PM
  • #823
bigfatronssba said:
They're currently sat in 17th with a wage bill as high as ours
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Derby got a bit giddy in the summer and have spent a LOT on wages. They are gambling on an investment takeover or could be a problem coming.

It’s counter intuitive but the Championship SHOULD be the highest ticket prices as it’s such a large driver of revenue v the Premier League

I just didn’t expect us to be leading the charge .
 

David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 6:47 PM
  • #824
pusbccfc said:
I've seen others mentioning the ground share and it's totally irrelevant.
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I mean were treated no differently to any other club and the EFL: made it clear that we had to be back in Cov within a certain time frame.
 

pusbccfc

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 6:54 PM
  • #825
David O'Day said:
I mean were treated no differently to any other club and the EFL: made it clear that we had to be back in Cov within a certain time frame.
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Exactly. It's utter rubbish and I've seen other people mention it.
 

oakey

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 7:14 PM
  • #826
Irish Sky Blue said:
Would you not agree that the idea of, ‘I’m not bothered about match day prices or what an away fan pays as it doesn’t affect me’ is a bit selfish? For those who can’t afford a season ticket, and there will be many in this city who can’t, is it okay to say that if they want to go to an occasional game with family but now can’t because of the extortionate prices, well that’s okay, it doesn’t affect me?

I‘m lucky enough that I can afford a season ticket. However, my son and granddaughter wouldn’t be able to have one if I didn’t pay for theirs. There are probably hundreds of people if not more in the city and surrounding areas that would love to go but simply can’t afford it.

You Say that as you don’t go to away games why should you bother about what people are charged. Presumably you enjoy the tribal atmosphere at matches. An awful lot of that is generated by having large partisan groups one supporting home the other away. It would be a shame if that aspect of match day started to fade because people can’t or won’t be fleeced.

if you did travel away you would know that the cost is not only for the ticket, it is for travel, parking food etc. It also involves long hours on the road. Like lots of others who do the same trips, I spend thousands of pounds on my obsession every year. It’s my choice, I choose to do it and I am lucky enough to have the time now to do it too. If you believe what successive managers and players say, the backing they recieve is a huge boost to them when they take to the field. If I was being asked to pay £45 plus for me every away game and £35 plus for my granddaughter then that would be the time when I would say enough is enough. I‘d Stay in the comfort of my home, watch it on the telly and avoid those late night motorway road closures. If enough felt like me and the atmosphere at games disappeared I think everyone, possibly you too, would be affected.
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Not replying to all that straw man. It bears no resemblance to what I said.
 

Tommo1993

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  • Yesterday at 7:28 PM
  • #827
bigfatronssba said:
80% of games aren’t at the high price

How is that exclusivity?
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Capitalist nonsense or not. A Birmingham or West Brom fan should not have to pay more than any other team. A Coventry fan should not have to pay more because a localish team are coming to town. Plain exclusivity and it’s totally misplaced for a mere game of football no more significant than any other league opponent.
 
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Irish Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 7:39 PM
  • #828
H
oakey said:
Not replying to all that straw man. It bears no resemblance to what I said.
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I had to look up straw man as I had no idea what it meant so I have learnt something from this conversation.
You said
‘We're not as most of us don't go to away games. Therefore the price of away tickets doesn't affect the majority of us.
Also the majority of us have season tickets so we are not affected by price of match tickets’

I’m assuming the ‘We’re not’ was either we’re not bothered or we’re not affected by price hikes. The rest of what you say here could certainly be construed as you not being really too bothered at what others have to pay.
 

oakey

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 7:51 PM
  • #829
We're not - was a reply to the specific point that 'we' are affected by hikes in match tickets. Most of us are not, as we have season tickets and don't go to away games. This is an undisputable fact. It doesn't mean we don't care.
I think you jumped in without reading the message I was responding to and made assumptions on that basis.
 

TomRad85

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 7:55 PM
  • #830
David O'Day said:
I mean were treated no differently to any other club and the EFL: made it clear that we had to be back in Cov within a certain time frame.
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And most clubs fans just took the piss if we're honest. Their opinions mean less than fuck all to me.
 

Irish Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 8:01 PM
  • #831
Odd fact to state ( ie neither me or the majority of fans are affected by high price tickets) in a thread with heated arguments on the rights and wrongs of high ticket prices. Perhaps you could clarify what you meant?
 
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Dougin

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  • Yesterday at 8:34 PM
  • #832
Evo1883 said:
Id remove CAT A+ completely tbh
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Get yourself on dragons den.
 

bigfatronssba

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 8:45 PM
  • #833
Tommo1993 said:
Capitalist nonsense or not. A Birmingham or West Brom fan should not have to pay more than any other team. A Coventry fan should not have to pay more because a localish team are coming to town. Plain exclusivity and it’s totally misplaced for a mere game of football no more significant than any other league opponent.
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I couldn't give a piss frigg about Birmingham or West Brom fans to be perfectly honest.

As for ours, how would you ensure demand is distributed evenly across all fixtures if the price is the same for all of them?
 
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SBT

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  • Yesterday at 8:51 PM
  • #834
bigfatronssba said:
Our ticket revenue is almost certainly currently at the highest level in our history.

Our wage bill is one of the lowest in the division

We have a modern ground for which we receive all of the income.

Yet we’re still making a loss. Why? Because the game has been completely distorted by the mega rich owners of other clubs. There is nothing we as a club can do about that.

Without maximising income, our only options are to borrow unsustainable amounts of money, or to slash the playing budget.

That is literally the only choice
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I don’t think we should try and pretend that any ticket pricing strategy is going to magically make the economics of running a competitive Championship football club make sense or be any way sustainable.
 
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bigfatronssba

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  • Yesterday at 8:54 PM
  • #835
SBT said:
I don’t think we should try and pretend that any ticket pricing strategy is going to magically make the economics of running a competitive Championship football club make sense or be any way sustainable.
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Its just part of a set of income streams that the club/Doug will be hoping to minimise losses with
 
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SBT

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  • Yesterday at 8:58 PM
  • #836
bigfatronssba said:
Its just part of a set of income streams that the club/Doug will be hoping to minimise losses with
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Match receipts accounted for about a third of our total revenue in the last set of accounts. Covered about half the total wage bill.
 

Tommo1993

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 9:05 PM
  • #837
bigfatronssba said:
I couldn't give a piss frigg about Birmingham or West Brom fans to be perfectly honest.

As for ours, how would you ensure demand is distributed evenly across all fixtures if the price is the same for all of them?
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Why does there actually need to be demand for a game of championship football. Again, that ‘couldn’t give a frigg’ is sleazy and moronic.
 

bigfatronssba

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 9:14 PM
  • #838
Tommo1993 said:
Why does there actually need to be demand for a game of championship football. Again, that ‘couldn’t give a frigg’ is sleazy and moronic.
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I'm not sure I understand your question. If there was no demand the attendance would be zero.

Why is it sleazy and moronic? They don't care about us, so why should I care about them? I only care about CCFC and our fanbase.
 

Tommo1993

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 9:20 PM
  • #839
bigfatronssba said:
I'm not sure I understand your question. If there was no demand the attendance would be zero.

Why is it sleazy and moronic? They don't care about us, so why should I care about them? I only care about CCFC and our fanbase.
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So people only go to football because there’s a demand? I must’ve been dreaming all these years.

You don’t care about football fans being charged crap prices, okay. I don’t see what ‘caring’ about them has to do with anything tbh.
 

Evo1883

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  • Yesterday at 9:23 PM
  • #840
Dougin said:
Get yourself on dragons den.
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You still havent shown me that the birmingham game sold out in the home end , do hurry shit lips
 
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